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...College.Students also contributed to the fundraising at Harvard, even if they did not do so voluntarily.The Crimson reported in February 1953, during the Class of 1956’s freshman year at the College, that the Harvard Corporation would implement tuition changes recommended by then-Provost Paul H. Buck starting the following year. The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, raised tuition at both Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges to $800—a $200 increase.Dan H. Hinz ’56 says the tuition increase affected the lives of students at the College...
...October 20, 1955, University Library Director Paul H. Buck had announced his support for later hours, and by November 14, the College had announced that Lamont would stay open until midnight starting that January...
...extend Lamont’s hours. At the time, federal wage and hour laws prevented women from working late nights, and only three of Lamont’s 22 staff members were men. While the Freshman Union Committee offered to staff the library with volunteer freshmen after 10 p.m., Buck chose to simply use a reduced staff during the extended hours, saying at the time, “it isn’t fair to depend on anyone whom you don’t compensate...
...Buck also made clear that the hours would be instated on a provisional basis. If the library was used less than expected in the late hours, “a revision will of course be in order,” Buck told The Crimson at the time...
...border and increasing the number of border agents, get more than 60% support from all Americans, and at the same time appease the Republican base. Which is why House members, who supported President Bush's position on other issues even when they doubted the wisdom of it, may buck that trend when it comes time to bargain with the Senate over immigration later this summer...